A study of Respiratory disorders in rice mill workers of the Mahaboobnagar and to compare with the control group from same district

Eshwaramma, P; Sudeena, Sudeena; Subhakar, K; Chaladevi, D

doi:10.21276/apjhs.2016.3.1.29

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“…In this study, we observed that 52.3% of the rice mill workers had at least one respiratory symptom compared to the nonexposed group (17.6%). This data corresponds to a study 6 which found that 52% of rice mill workers had at least one respiratory symptom compared to the nonexposed group (32%).…”

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“…This finding is in agreement with a previous Indian study which showed an increased frequency of respiratory symptoms among workers from the milling section. 6 During milling, a large amount of rice dust generates that is rich in protein constituents, silica, and micro‐organisms, including fungal spores. These airborne pollutants enter the lungs bypassing the upper airway defence mechanism (those with particle size less than 10 μm) and induce an inflammatory response resulting in diverse respiratory symptoms.…”

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“… 4 Rice husk is known to have an abundance of silica content, and this biogenic silica may cause pulmonary diseases resembling asbestosis, namely pleural thickening, fibrosis, and possibly bronchial carcinoma. 6 Exposure to the rice dust may cause “organic dust toxic syndrome,” a noninfectious febrile illness associated with chills, malaise, myalgia, dry cough, breathlessness, and nausea. 7 The frequency of the symptoms depends on the composition and nature of dust, duration of exposure, altered respiratory pathophysiology, immunity status and allergies, rice mills environment, use of protective devices, and many other factors.…”

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Frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

Choudhury

Rayhan

Ahmed

et al. 2023

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Background and Aims Rice mill workers are frequently exposed to rice dust specks containing bacteria, endotoxins, spores, and chemicals in workplaces. Consequently, they develop diverse respiratory symptoms that lead to increased disability and social burden. The present study was conducted to observe the frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers in Bangladesh. Methods This cross‐sectional study was conducted at different rice mills in Rangpur district of Bangladesh. Three hundred and forty‐six rice mill workers, both male and female of 18 years and above, with a job experience of at least 3 years, were selected as study subjects. An equal number of people who had never worked at rice mills were selected from the nearby locality as the nonexposed group. Enquiries were made regarding respiratory symptoms with the help of a preformed questionnaire which contained sociodemographic characteristics, occupational history, potential confounding factors, and physical parameters. A respiratory dust sampler was used to measure workplace dust concentration. Results The presence of one or more respiratory symptoms was significantly higher among rice mill workers than in the nonexposed group (52.3% vs. 17.6%). Rice mill workers who worked for more than 10 h and had a working experience of more than 15 years had a higher frequency of respiratory symptoms (41.3% and 39.8%, respectively). Rice mill workers with body mass index (BMI) <18.5 also exhibited more respiratory symptoms (25.4%). All working sections had a higher‐than‐average dust concentration level, with the milling section being the dustiest (PM 2.5 492.1 µg/m 3 ). Conclusion This study showed an increased frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers of Bangladesh. Longer working experience and working hours, low BMI and high dust concentration levels were strongly associated with that increase in frequency.

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Frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

Choudhury

Rayhan

Ahmed

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“…Similar result was reported from study done by Ratnaprabha GK et al [4] and Ajeel NAH et al [13] In contrast to this a study done by Ghosh T et al [12] , Ijadonola KT et al [15] , Pour ARL et al [14] Although the majority of workers in these studies were nonsmokers but significant association was found between smoking and respiratory morbidity. In contrast to this study done by Rana MC et al [10] , Eshwaramma P et al [16] where majority of the workers were smokers and significant association was found between respiratory morbidity and smoking status. In the present study, significant association was found between the respiratory morbidity and duration of work.…”

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Risk factors associated with respiratory morbidity among puffed rice workers in an urban area of Davanagere city

Muntazeem.G¹,

Ba²,

Eti³

et al. 2020

Int. J. Adv. Community Med.

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Introduction: Occupational respiratory disease can be defined as an acute or chronic disorder that arises from the inhalation of air-borne agents in the work place. Puffed rice is a famous food item in Karnataka, which is produced in a cluster of small units. Materials and Methods: A Cross sectional study was conducted among puffed rice workers in Bashanagar, urban field practice area of SSIMS & RC, Davanagere. From January to December 2017. The study population included 550 puffed rice unit workers. Results: The prevalence of respiratory morbidity among the puffed rice workers in the present study was found to be 41.0%. Among them 51(9.2%) puffed rice workers reported Obstructive lung diseases and majority of the workers 175(31.8%) reported Restrictive pattern of lung diseases. Conclusion:The risk of Respiratory morbidity was significantly associated with Age, gender, Education, duration of the work and type of work.

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“…It would therefore be the responsibility of the authorities to get individual participants aware of the probable occupational hazards related to the specific sectors (Waweru, 2013) such as ergonomic, physical, respiratory and chemical hazards (Eshwaramma et al, 2016), where safety policy referred to the extent to which a clear mission, responsibility and goal could be created in order to set the standards of behaviour for employees (Lu & Yang, 2010). Therefore, a sustaining safety leadership would highly be efficient to promote safety effectiveness (Lu & Yang, 2010) in view of curbing accidents and promoting safety among the participants in workplace (Unnikrishnan, 2015).…”

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Occupational Health and Safety Maintenance in Micro and Small Enterprises: A Study on Select Sectors of West Burdwan, West Bengal

DasGupta

Sarkar

2020

SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extensio

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In any developing country like India, Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) showed its best effort in improving the mass standard of living by ensuring employment generation. Thus the grass root people who otherwise might not get entered into the formal sector due to lack of technical skill and education could get their employment there easily. But the lack of technical know-how of the participants of MSEs may not allow them to have awareness of occupational hazards. This calls for a severe problem in Health and Safety related issues in MSEs for those individuals. The present study, therefore, takes its objectives to highlight on the maintenance of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) related issues in MSEs where the perceptions of the participants play an important role. To fulfil these objectives, the study takes its attempt to pursue a primary survey on 95 randomly selected participants out of 24 registered MSEs of select sectors of West Burdwan, an industrially developed district of West Bengal. The sectors are selected purposively based on their significant presence in West Burdwan. The data have been collected through questionnaire and non-parametric tests has been used for further assessment. It is found that creating cozy atmosphere, privacy, artificial lighting conditions, ventilation, facilities for rest and meals, and so on are the factors to be maintained under OH&S in MSEs. The responses of the participants are found as sector specific and socio-demographic characteristics specific. In this issue, while the young male members like ‘facilities for rest and meals’, the female members prefer ‘privacy’ as the factor to be maintained for OH&S in MSEs. Thus the paper in its policy implication exhibited the sector-wise and socio-demography wise preferences of the participants on OH&S related issues.

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A study of Respiratory disorders in rice mill workers of the Mahaboobnagar and to compare with the control group from same district

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Frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

Frequency of respiratory symptoms among rice mill workers in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

Risk factors associated with respiratory morbidity among puffed rice workers in an urban area of Davanagere city

Occupational Health and Safety Maintenance in Micro and Small Enterprises: A Study on Select Sectors of West Burdwan, West Bengal

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